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Ombudsman suspends 89 barangay chiefs en masse
By Mar T. Supnad IN what appears to be the first since it was first established, the Office of the Ombudsman issued a mass suspension of barangay chairmen who were found to have been directly or indirectly involved in the anomalous distribution of emergency cash subsidies to their constituents. In receiving of copy of the…
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PhilHealth officials move to void suspension
By John Clifford Lintao CLAIMING to have been deprived of due process, two officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) have asked the Office of the Ombudsman to void the preventive suspension slapped against them over corruption allegations at the state health insurer. PhilHealth senior vice president Dennis Mas and lawyer Lawrence Mijares, in…
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49 barangay officials facing charges due to SAP
By Fernan Angeles The Department of Interior and Local Government said that 49 barangay officials have been slapped with complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman surrounding the national government’s Social Amelioration Program. Also charged were officials who have violated the community quarantine protocols. Some 20,000 complaints were filed to the DILG but only 49…
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Except for Morales, 13 PhilHealth officials suspended
By Fernan Angeles EXCEPT for Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President Ricardo Morales, all 13 executives of the embattled state insurer were slapped with a six-month suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. In issuing the six-month suspension, Ombudsman Samuel Martires cited the need to keep the PhilHealth officials away from the agency to ensure…